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| 3 by Rolling Stone |
Combining Will Smith's friendliness with St. Louis slang and a down-home drawl, Nelly has mastered his own brand of crossover appeal. On his fifth album, he mostly sticks to that pop-rap formula, ... |
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| n/a by www.boston.com |
Brass Knuckles is 14 songs long. All of them could be singles. None of them could be hits. |
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| n/a by www.vibe.com |
Brass Knuckles is standard Nelly fare. |
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| n/a by www.musicomh.com |
Nelly's latest offering is hopefully the beginning of the renaissance of an artist who most definitely was starting to look guilty of selling out. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
Brass Knuckles sounds less like the product of a fighter who's ready to go back into the ring than one who's stalling for time. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Airplay or not, however, he's also sounding seriously dated. |
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| n/a by www.rapreviews.com |
Put a little pop in your life and what you'll discover is that underneath the materialistic veneer Nelly's got a good delivery, sharp lyrics and impeccable breath control, which would make him #1 no matter WHERE he was from. |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
The real problem, though, isn't the music (accomplished and catchy enough for distracted listening), nor is it Nelly's own verses (more stylish than substantive, as always). Rather, it's that a dedicated capitalist--hear his Buy me the mall manifesto on 'Hold Up'--is using a business model that's on its way to extinction. |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
Its sure not a knockout, but its his hardest-hitting album yet. Just dont call it a comeback. |
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| n/a by Billboard |
Skeptics might wonder if the sprawling guest list is an admission of fading commercial prowess. So, it's to the MC's credit that Brass Knuckles still feels like a party. |
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